If dealing with grief is proving difficult, hypnosis may be able to help

Grief is a natural process we all experience when we lose someone important to us, but this doesn't make it any easier to deal with.

When we lose someone it can be so hard for a while. You may find that everything reminds you of them and, more painfully, remind you that they are no longer around. It can seem as if you’ll never deal with your grief and move on.

When grieving, people often find that strangers in the street look like the person you are grieving for. This is natural for a while and is just your brain’s way of gently weaning this person out of your day to day life. The person you are grieving for can always be there for you on one level, but you do need to continue to live.

Grief is natural but if the process lasts for months without reducing in intensity then it may be time to get a little help.

Organising grieving can help

Part of the process of dealing with grief is to organise the process so that you begin to have more choice about when and how you grieve. This stops sad thoughts and recollections constantly interrupting your day to day life and means, in a way, that the grieving you do is more concentrated and ‘pure’ but less pervasive and disturbing. To truly remember someone is a great act of appreciation and respect and to go on and truly live your life can be an act of respectful remembrance.

Try our Dealing with Grief download to help you move on in life...